Limit on possible narrow rings around Jupiter

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Oct 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982aj.....87.1423d&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal, vol. 87, Oct. 1982, p. 1423-1427.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Jupiter Rings, Planetary Structure, Stellar Occultation, Particle Size Distribution, Spatial Resolution, Voyager Project

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An upper limit to the optical depth of the Jovian ring at high spatial resolution, determined from stellar occultation data, is reported. The spatial resolution of the observation is limited to about 13 km in Jupiter's equatorial plane by the projection of the Fresnel zone on the equatorial plane in the radial direction. At this resolution, the normal optical depth limit is about 0.008. This limit applies to a strip in the Jovian equatorial plane that crosses the orbits of Amalthea, 1979J1, 1979J3, and the ring. An upper limit on the number density of kilometer-size boulders has been set at one per 11.000 sq km in the equatorial plane.

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